I’ll fight on, says defiant Hughes

An under-pressure Mark Hughes said his side's 3-1 home defeat was unacceptable (Alan Walter)

MARK HUGHES vowed to keep fighting as Queens Park Rangers manager last night
despite admitting that his side had hit rock-bottom in their 3-1 home defeat
by fellow strugglers Southampton.

He accused his players of delivering an “unacceptable performance” as the
Saints ended a run of five straight away league defeats to leave Rangers
bottom of the table and four points adrift.

Hughes was greeted with jeers at the final whistle and chants of: “You don’t
know what you are doing.” One fan unfurled a banner that read: “Come and
rescue us Harry”, directed at the former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp,
who has been linked with the QPR job. “I can well understand the reaction,”
said Hughes. “It’s the same as mine to that performance. We are not going to
hide behind trying to get a positive out of a very big negative. I don’t run
away from situations. It